Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Taylor, Capt. Anthony
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


CAPT. ANTHONY TAYLOR coal-dealer, P.O. Bristol, Pa., is a 
descendant of the Taylor family whose ancestry is given 
under the name of Caleb N. Taylor.  On his mother's side he 
is a descendant of John Jones, who was one of the great 
land-holders in the early days of the colony, having large 
possessions in Philadelphia and in Bucks county, beside 
owning many slaves.  Anthony Taylor is a grandson of Anthony 
and Mary Taylor, his father, Robert Taylor, M. D., being a 
brother of Caleb N.  His mother was Elizabeth Ash Jones, and 
was of the fourth generation in descent from John Jones, 
named.  Anthony Taylor was born in Burlington county, N. J., 
Oct. 11, 1837, and at an early age went to Philadelphia, 
where he was educated at the "Protestant Episcopal Academy." 
He was placed with the firm of John Farnum & Co. to learn 
business, and remained with them until he reached his 
majority, it having been understood that he should do so 
without compensation.  Soon after the breaking out of the 
rebellion, he was residing in Bristol township, Bucks 
county, the home of his immediate ancestors, and in August, 
1862, enlisted as a private in the 15th Pennsylvania 
cavalry, a regiment enlisted from various counties of the 
state, all of the members of which were obliged to join as 
privates, and no commissioned officers were appointed until 
after the organization of the regiment, except the colonel, 
lieutenant-colonel, and majors.  Having passed through the 
various grades of non-commissioned officer, he was in the 
spring of 1863 commissioned as first lieutenant of company 
A, and took charge of the company as a commissioned officer, 
having been previously in command as a non-commissioned 
officer.  The company was assigned for courier duty at the 
headquarters of the army of the Cumberland, Major-General 
William S. Rosecrans commanding, and acted in that capacity 
during the campaign from Stone river, which culminated in 
the battle of Chickamauga, where they did duty carrying 
dispatches on the field.  He participated in all the 
campaigns of the army of the Cumberland, and was present at 
the battles of Antietam, Stone river, and Chickamauga, and 
many other engagements.  In the spring of 1865, General 
William J. Palmer, formerly commanding his regiment, placed 
him on his staff as aid-de-camp, and he remained with him 
until the close of the war, having been previously promoted 
to the rank of captain for services in the field.  In 
February, 1871, he was married to Caroline Fletcher, 
daughter of Lawrence Johnson (whose ancestors on her 
mother's side, the Winders, were for many generations of 
Bucks county), and by whom he has two children, Mary 
Lawrence Taylor, and Elizabeth Elmslie Taylor.  Captain 
Taylor is a leading coal-dealer in Philadelphia, having an 
office at No. 201 Walnut place, and is a high-minded and 
honorable merchant.